| Jan-12-04 |
| Benjamin Lau: This is the guy who wrote Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy I think. He also wrote several important opening books on the French and English I believe. His book on the French, whose name I forget, was so good apparently that it was nicknamed the "French Player's Bible." |
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Jan-13-04
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| Calli: The book was renamed by the US congress as "The Freedom Opening Player's Bible." :-) |
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| Feb-15-05 |
| offramp: Am I the only one who bought his 'Big Book of Busts' for entirely the wrong reason? |
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Apr-22-05
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| AgentRgent: <Calli> LOL, that's great! |
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| May-30-05 |
| Tigran Petrosian: BREAKING NEWS from the chicago open: John watson has just suffered a heart attack. |
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May-30-05
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| cu8sfan: <Tigran Petrosian> Where did you get this news? I hope he's going to get better! |
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| Sep-19-05 |
| domradave: One of the great chess authors!
When in doubt always play the English! |
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Dec-05-05
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| Hesam7: I guess he is very famous for these two books: "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy" and "Chess Strategy in Action". I have seen both and they are original and very nice books, nevertheless they overlap on some topics. It would be nice if he wrote one combined and revised edition. |
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| Dec-23-05 |
| PizzatheHut: "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy" is one of the most interesting books I've ever read. I HIGHLY recommend it. |
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Dec-23-05
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| whiskeyrebel: SOMCS is absolutely loaded with thought provoking discussion. I hope he's recovering well from whatever health problems he seems to have suffered. Does anybody have an update? |
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| Dec-23-05 |
| WMD: I've read it and can't remember a single word. Frankly speaking, I wasn't impressed. |
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| Apr-22-06 |
| pazzed paun: Has anyone been able to use the ideas featured in "Secrets of Modern Chess Srategy" in their own games? |
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| Nov-14-06 |
| James Demery: This is Jacob Aagaard`s favorite player. |
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Apr-20-07
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| Joshka: He just did the Dan Heisman show on chess.fm. He's taking over as a new host, since Fred Wilson is not going to be on anymore. |
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Apr-20-07
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| Joshka: His new show is starting on May 8th 9PM ICC time, think he stated it will be a 90 minute show. |
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Apr-20-07
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| whiskeyrebel: Wow, time for me to re-up my recently expired account. Watson is my idea of a brilliant man. |
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Dec-14-07
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| Joshka: <whiskey> And I just heard on his show today, he's a former baseball player. So he he's gotta be a good guy!;-) |
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May-08-08
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| SomeoneElse: Today's puzzle was Watson v Z Fayvinov 1993, white to move at move 24. John is living in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, and is very involved in the chess community there. A great chess player, author, and just a really nice guy to work with. |
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